Model comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads 53.0 to 36.6.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 34.4 | 32.5 |
| Released | 2024-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 60 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.5 (#145), Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1343 | 1112 |
| Aider Polyglot | 51.6% | — |
| GSO | 4.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 40% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 67.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.6% | — |
| CadEval | 48% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 81.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.1 (#61), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 24% | — |
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| BALROG | 32.6% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 22.5 (#176), Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1305 | 1113 |
| SimpleBench | 41.4% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.9% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 56.7% | — |
| DTBench | 67.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.55 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 59% | — |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 18.0 (#282), Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1306 | 1135 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 27.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 52.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 56.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 2.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.5 (#236), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1264 | 1096 |
| GPQA Diamond | 55.3% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 19.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 56.5% | — |
| MMLU | 87.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.0 (#115), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1125 | — |
| Video-MME | 60% | — |
| GeoBench | 62% | — |
| VPCT | 33% | — |
Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.4 (#180), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1283 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1271 | 1132 |
| LMArena French | 1304 | 1156 |
| LMArena German | 1297 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1234 | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | 1200 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1305 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1289 | 1140 |
Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 69.0 (#177), Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1118 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.3% | — |
| IFEval | 85.5% | — |
Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#162), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1311 | 1130 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 53.0 (#159), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1298 | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1292 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1326 | 1118 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.3% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1451 | — |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 53.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.